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something activists hope president obama takes into account as he reassesses america's military strategy in the war-torn nation. >> from acid attacks in afghanistan to system attic rape by armed group in the groups in the congo to sexual slavery throughout the world, women have been targeted. i wish to join with the united nations, i wish to join with our own leadership in this nation and our congress to say enough is enough, and now is the time. >> so, dr. avis jones-deweever do americans want their tax dollars going to prevent violence against women in countries like afghanistan? >> i certainly think so. especially when people are made aware of t type of brutal oppression women have been exposed to in afghanistan and around the world. most will understand there are few issues more worthy than this one. >> i think protecting women in afghanistan is actually a national security interest for the united states. >> talk about humanitarians, what we're learning about violence against women in afghanistan and other countries make a compelling case for funding this program. >> i think american
something activists hope president obama takes into account as he reassesses america's military strategy in the war-torn nation. >> from acid attacks in afghanistan to system attic rape by armed group in the groups in the congo to sexual slavery throughout the world, women have been targeted. i wish to join with the united nations, i wish to join with our own leadership in this nation and our congress to say enough is enough, and now is the time. >> so, dr. avis jones-deweever do...
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president obama during his campaign promised to carry out the long delate >> president obama said the current climate does not allow this renegotiation to fake take place. to talk about other regions like security and even some other issues like immigration reform. >> which are the most important? >> in a way, mexico and canning dau, instead of being interested. they are vieing for the attention%nep tomb mexicans wer claiming refuge innen these are other reasons between the u.s. and mexico relate to the economic conditions. the decision not to allow u.s. trucks has created a certain conflict between mexican and >> thank you very much. >> it is their job to proconnect and serve the public. the question being asked in russia where investigators are being n >> we have a special report. it's late april in a super market in south moscow. the local police chief has just walked in with a gun. she's before to start shooting. three lie dead and six others seriously injured as the rest try to escape. >> this man was shot once in the back and stomach. he is still recovering with a bullet fractur
president obama during his campaign promised to carry out the long delate >> president obama said the current climate does not allow this renegotiation to fake take place. to talk about other regions like security and even some other issues like immigration reform. >> which are the most important? >> in a way, mexico and canning dau, instead of being interested. they are vieing for the attention%nep tomb mexicans wer claiming refuge innen these are other reasons between the...
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a cnn/opinion research poll found 54 percent of people disapproved of the way obama is handling his job and 55 percent had an unfavorable opinion of the republican party. >> eleanor, what is going on in your house? >> when the dust settles on this so-called debate, the response from the american people is likely to be a lot worse than anything we do with the debt ceiling. >> it is likely to be worse but the deal does have the righto elements to it, you'll see businesses start hiring again. right now they are holding on to more cash than ever. i think this will restore confidence in the economy. >> i think that the question will be, where the focus will be as it relates to job and job creation and that focus will be on small business to drive this economy and also as it relates to government, capping that spending and having to do the real hard work of meeting the cuts. >> i think the damage may have been done and i think that just like we said, there is a possibility of downgrading our aaa. once we do that, we for trouble. because as someone looking to figure out where to invest their m
a cnn/opinion research poll found 54 percent of people disapproved of the way obama is handling his job and 55 percent had an unfavorable opinion of the republican party. >> eleanor, what is going on in your house? >> when the dust settles on this so-called debate, the response from the american people is likely to be a lot worse than anything we do with the debt ceiling. >> it is likely to be worse but the deal does have the righto elements to it, you'll see businesses start...
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tavis: two questions about president obama. one, he has made the most news of his administration so far around his international agenda the last week. what's your sense of how he is handling the challenges you have just laid out on t international front? >> well, i think his ability, it was, i'm sure it was accidental in the sense that they were together at the united nations and later at the g-20 with the leaders from france and germany and the like and that united front on against iran i think projects a very strong message of multilateralism and hopefully very aggressive and sanctions if the iranians don't comply. so with regard to that particular challenge that he's confronted with now, so far so good. the meeting is amazing. they're going to meet today in geneva and the iranians other greed to -- agreed to talk about nuclear issues but not about their nuclear aspirations or capabilities. with respect to iran, strong multilateral leadership, it's a chance to answer the question he asked in the primary campaign, who do you w
tavis: two questions about president obama. one, he has made the most news of his administration so far around his international agenda the last week. what's your sense of how he is handling the challenges you have just laid out on t international front? >> well, i think his ability, it was, i'm sure it was accidental in the sense that they were together at the united nations and later at the g-20 with the leaders from france and germany and the like and that united front on against iran...
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she telephoned obama to demand an explanation. an official made it clear she views such practices as completely unacceptable. german intelligence officials analyzed the allegations after they were reported in a german weekly magazine. white house press secretary jay carney said obama told merkel the allegations were baseless. >> we are working to, as the president has said, to review the way we gather intelligence to ensure we properly balance both the security concerns of our citizens and allies with the privacy concerns that everyone shares. >>> the french leaders have also criticized the u.s. national security agency. they say agents collected records on 70 million phone calls between last december and january of this year. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has heard some of his allies speak with optimism about talks over iran's nuclear program. but he is skeptical about the iranians intentions. u.s. secretary of state john kerry has tried to offer him some reassurances. kerry and netanyahu met in rome. they discussed p
she telephoned obama to demand an explanation. an official made it clear she views such practices as completely unacceptable. german intelligence officials analyzed the allegations after they were reported in a german weekly magazine. white house press secretary jay carney said obama told merkel the allegations were baseless. >> we are working to, as the president has said, to review the way we gather intelligence to ensure we properly balance both the security concerns of our citizens...
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i think the strides that obama is making are smart. i think people deserve not to be fired for how they live or who they partner with. people deserve to have benefits for their families, for their children they deserve that, basic tenants of american society. >> do you think we'll get to the point where americans give up on prejudice against gays and lesbians if so, how far away? >> i think we made a lot of progress. i as young person experience different culture. we're making good strides but such an issue hard to see when very small percentage of the right wing feels very strongly about it has a lot of sway how fast it can move. >> thank you for joiningjoining us for this part of the program. >> thank you. behind the headlines: food security. it's not something talked about very often, but the fact is america's rising population is affecting our food supply chain in very important ways. farmland is disappearing at an alarming rate as farms are sold off and developed into suburban housing, shopping malls and transportation systems. "t
i think the strides that obama is making are smart. i think people deserve not to be fired for how they live or who they partner with. people deserve to have benefits for their families, for their children they deserve that, basic tenants of american society. >> do you think we'll get to the point where americans give up on prejudice against gays and lesbians if so, how far away? >> i think we made a lot of progress. i as young person experience different culture. we're making good...
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i get to that because of the success you have had, sitting on the obama commission. it is quite a fascinating journey. how do you look back at that decision at the time when you can barely speak english to study computer science? >> what is taught me is behind every closed door there is new opportunity. it is like every time life shut the door, it closes on me, high end up doing something else, and it is a new world that opens up for me. i learned in my life's journey many times that when something -- when it looks like there is no work -- no road ahead of you, behind that mountain, there is another road. there is always, if you try, you can always find a path. tavis: give me some key markers down the road, a key moments that happened for you that allowed you to get to this place with geomagic, once you left new mexico. >> first, i met an entrepreneur in city ago. i worked for him while i was studying computer science. then, i took a job at bell labs because it was an iconic company. i took a pay cut from the starting job to the bell labs job to pursue innovation and
i get to that because of the success you have had, sitting on the obama commission. it is quite a fascinating journey. how do you look back at that decision at the time when you can barely speak english to study computer science? >> what is taught me is behind every closed door there is new opportunity. it is like every time life shut the door, it closes on me, high end up doing something else, and it is a new world that opens up for me. i learned in my life's journey many times that when...
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but now with obama i think it's good for the united states. i think it's recovered the great tradition that roosevelt and clinton and truman as some of the great presidents had. >> rose: so you're optimistic for america's future snowed >> very much. very much. it's very difficult for president obama to make the american public at large understand that the united states is no longer the sole power. you had two confrontations with the soviet union, the soviet union disappeared then you had unilateral power and now you have a country that is a great country, a powerful country but the competition comes from china india, brazil. they were considered third-world countries. >> i think you're wrong on that. i think that the united states and the president understand that. what we're looking at now is an opportunity... >> does the public understand it? >> i think they do. >> oh, well, i'm very glad to hear that. that's not my impression. >> rose: i think people understand the politicians have to make hard decisions about how you invest in your future.
but now with obama i think it's good for the united states. i think it's recovered the great tradition that roosevelt and clinton and truman as some of the great presidents had. >> rose: so you're optimistic for america's future snowed >> very much. very much. it's very difficult for president obama to make the american public at large understand that the united states is no longer the sole power. you had two confrontations with the soviet union, the soviet union disappeared then...
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jimmy carter says that much of the fierce opposition to barack obama's health plan and reform is based on racism. some see it as the key to tackling poverty in one of the poorest parts of the world. broadband internet has reached the coast of east africa. until now, they had no high- quality connection to the world wide web. fiber-optic cable has been laid it all the way from india to south africa. >> this is a country with a mobile phone shop on every corner and a great hunger for connection to the outside world. for people in kenya, getting on line is a struggle. now, a fiber optic cable has come ashore here on the beach bringing kenya their first solid link to the internet. it is not just kenya which stands to benefit from the arrival of the cable. it will link up the whole of east africa to the high-speed internet at a reasonable price for the very first time. amongst the team behind the project, there is a sense that this is a historic achievement. >> this is exciting apart from bringing opportunities. >> who will benefit? we found a charity which supplied farmers with water pumps
jimmy carter says that much of the fierce opposition to barack obama's health plan and reform is based on racism. some see it as the key to tackling poverty in one of the poorest parts of the world. broadband internet has reached the coast of east africa. until now, they had no high- quality connection to the world wide web. fiber-optic cable has been laid it all the way from india to south africa. >> this is a country with a mobile phone shop on every corner and a great hunger for...
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prospects looked worse than obama's do now. i think in our hyperventilating commentarriat tend to exaggerate what's happening this week, and as significant as the election was, it was a typical correction that we associate with all bi-elections, and the last three elections have been swing elections. so it may well be that we're going to see this kind of back-and-forth now for some period of time. and i don't see it as necessarily an indication that 2012 is going to deliver either the house or the senate or the white house to the republican party. >> rose: reminds me of mrs. churchill who said to winston churchill after his defeat in 1946, it may be a blessing in disguise. and mr. churchill said it's a hell of a disguise. >> i wouldn't describe it as a pleasing in disguise, but i wouldn't say the presidenciy is dead on arrival at this point. >> rose: so who has influenced barack obama's mind? >> that's a very difficult question to answer in short order. i think he is seriously influenced by social christianity, by the gospels--
prospects looked worse than obama's do now. i think in our hyperventilating commentarriat tend to exaggerate what's happening this week, and as significant as the election was, it was a typical correction that we associate with all bi-elections, and the last three elections have been swing elections. so it may well be that we're going to see this kind of back-and-forth now for some period of time. and i don't see it as necessarily an indication that 2012 is going to deliver either the house or...
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on the other hand, obama hasn't made immigration reform an essential part of his agenda. there's no real problem in mexico, but there's also a huge opportunity that's being lost. >> rose: could mexico could be ? >> we export more than brazil does. we export about 50% more every year than brazil does. >> rose: in terms of dollaramou? >> in dollar amounts. the problem we export almost everything to the united states, whereas brazil has a diversified base. >> ros china is theirleading -- >> their leading export, for chile and pe peru. it's mostly food materials. food,opper, iron, poultry. we export cars to the united states, refrigerators. we export stuff with a lot of imported content. but nonetheless, our overall value exports are higher than brazil's we have a competitive export sector. problem is it's so linked to the united states, the u.s. tanks, we tank right away. much more than other countries in latin america who have a more devicefied market for their exports. >> rose: as the united statesano late attention to latin america? >> sometimes you wonder if it's not a g
on the other hand, obama hasn't made immigration reform an essential part of his agenda. there's no real problem in mexico, but there's also a huge opportunity that's being lost. >> rose: could mexico could be ? >> we export more than brazil does. we export about 50% more every year than brazil does. >> rose: in terms of dollaramou? >> in dollar amounts. the problem we export almost everything to the united states, whereas brazil has a diversified base. >> ros...
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even president obama says he wants answers. he says the pakistani government should inspect the network that helped sustain the al-qaeda leader during his stay in abbottabad. perhaps there will be some light shed on monday when pakistani prime minister yousuf raza gilani makes a statement the spl forces raid that killed osama bin laden last week. we hope to go live to pakistan a little later in the program with more on that story. in yemen, protests are continuing and 10 people have been wounded in the southern city after security forces opened fire on protesters. this comes after a rally calling for the resignation of president salleh. they have said they will stay on the streets until the president steps down from office. indonesian prosecutors have dropped the most serious terror charges against the radical cleric, leaving him facing a possible life sentence, instead of death. he is said to be behind many suicide bombings. and a celebration of victory day today with a parade across the country to mark the 66th anniversary of
even president obama says he wants answers. he says the pakistani government should inspect the network that helped sustain the al-qaeda leader during his stay in abbottabad. perhaps there will be some light shed on monday when pakistani prime minister yousuf raza gilani makes a statement the spl forces raid that killed osama bin laden last week. we hope to go live to pakistan a little later in the program with more on that story. in yemen, protests are continuing and 10 people have been...
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today speaking from the rose garden, president obama praised justice stevens contribution to the court. >> he has stood as an impartial guardian of the law. he has worn the judicial robe with honor and humility. he has plyed the constitution and the laws of the land with fiddleity and restraint. he will soon turn 90 this month but he leaves his position at the top of his game. his leadership will be soarly missed. >> the president also said that the search for successor had begun. >> while we cannot replace justice stevens' experience or wisdom, i will seek someone in the coming weeks with similar qualities. an independent mind, a record of excellence, and integrity, a fierce dedication to the rule of law, and a keen understanding of how the law affects the daily lives of the american people. it will also be someone who like justice stevens knows that in a democracy powerful interests must not be allowed to drown out the voices of ode citizens. >> joining me now is professor greene teaching constitutional law at columbia law school and previously clerked for justice stevens. i'm please
today speaking from the rose garden, president obama praised justice stevens contribution to the court. >> he has stood as an impartial guardian of the law. he has worn the judicial robe with honor and humility. he has plyed the constitution and the laws of the land with fiddleity and restraint. he will soon turn 90 this month but he leaves his position at the top of his game. his leadership will be soarly missed. >> the president also said that the search for successor had begun....
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>> president barack obama has and how -- embraced the arab spring. he has kept a healthy distance from the arab uprising. we might be seeing the beginning of the end of america's moment. it is growing in that part of the world. they have been trying very hard to amend the historic quest. i think the reality is american foreign policy is not in the same spirit as it was. they will basically consolidate what i call the rise of the new public opinion. that will likely take control of its destiny. that is why, for structural reasons, america's economic decline, we might be seeing a weakening or lessening of the american hegemony and influence across the world. >> thank you very much, author of obama and the middle east, the end of america oppose a moment. -- america's moment. fourth largest's bank has asked for $24 billion more in state funds to stay afloat. the request comes after shares in descendent half of the financial institution was heart nationalized because of its problems with bad property that. >> shares in spain's fourth largest lender were s
>> president barack obama has and how -- embraced the arab spring. he has kept a healthy distance from the arab uprising. we might be seeing the beginning of the end of america's moment. it is growing in that part of the world. they have been trying very hard to amend the historic quest. i think the reality is american foreign policy is not in the same spirit as it was. they will basically consolidate what i call the rise of the new public opinion. that will likely take control of its...
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it was a big issue for obama when he was elected. he got hispanic votes behind him because he promised the reform. unfortunately he has not delivered. >> people are disappointed? >> deboarded very disappointed. >> disappointed or angry? >> i would say angry for the moment. >> tell me about your newspaper and who it reaches. >> we are the largest mexican daily, and we reach 1.5 million mexicans living in the region. >> "the haitian times, a newspaper based in brooklyn, new york serving the haitian american community. it has the story is everybody is interested in an obviously what is happening in haiti without reconstruction, hurricane, cholera, and elections. >> what you say, the "african sun times," that is kind of a unique thing. it is published just for folks here, right? >> yes, the "african sun times" is been in existence for 21 years. we have been publishing in another newspaper called the "african inquirer" before we switched to the "african sun times." it is a weekly newspaper, and it reaches most of the africans in the trist
it was a big issue for obama when he was elected. he got hispanic votes behind him because he promised the reform. unfortunately he has not delivered. >> people are disappointed? >> deboarded very disappointed. >> disappointed or angry? >> i would say angry for the moment. >> tell me about your newspaper and who it reaches. >> we are the largest mexican daily, and we reach 1.5 million mexicans living in the region. >> "the haitian times, a...
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barack obama won that. i have lots of other arguments with obama. but basically, does he have the capacity to do great things? i think that his trick is to use conservative means to get liberal ends and i think that it is possible that his politics could change the argument in the united states. >> spike lee called his election a seismic shift and now he has been quite critical in america up. it has moved from yes, we can to will we ever. >> yes, we can is a slogan. having your fist can only do so much. the focus here first and foremost is on bp. the federal government will do what they can, i hope, to clean this up as quickly as possible. screaming and yelling is a theatrical direction that can be made, but expressing outrage is a very small part of it. >> abroad do think we are still caught up in election fever and americans have moved on? is that why he is not seem quite as the hero that he was? >> no man is a hero to his electorate after a while. you have got to govern in the hard facts and there is no harder fact that hundreds and hundreds of g
barack obama won that. i have lots of other arguments with obama. but basically, does he have the capacity to do great things? i think that his trick is to use conservative means to get liberal ends and i think that it is possible that his politics could change the argument in the united states. >> spike lee called his election a seismic shift and now he has been quite critical in america up. it has moved from yes, we can to will we ever. >> yes, we can is a slogan. having your fist...
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challenge that we need to focus on and has not been thought through adequately in either president obama initiative or in the administration's administration. >> another less expense sieve way to curb u.s. population growth. census data show our current population is at 308 million people up from 150 million 60 years ago. in just the next 40 years, we are projected to rise to 439 million people, or almost one and a half times our present population by mid century. most recent and projected u.s. population growth is as a result of immigration trends. >> it would be a mistake to somehow say that the degrees of any natural resource is, quote, due to immigrants. however, population growth is an important part of thinking about our natural environment in the united states, obviously. and immigration is mainly what drives it. the average american woman only has about two children on average. so the arrival of new people from abroad, immigration, plus the children that they have once they're here, is the primary engine adding over two million new people to the u.s. population here. >> so the ch
challenge that we need to focus on and has not been thought through adequately in either president obama initiative or in the administration's administration. >> another less expense sieve way to curb u.s. population growth. census data show our current population is at 308 million people up from 150 million 60 years ago. in just the next 40 years, we are projected to rise to 439 million people, or almost one and a half times our present population by mid century. most recent and...
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three republicans lead the race to take on barack obama in november. but have they got what it takes? >> we need someone who would give the economy moving again and get confidence built a backup in the people. >> hello, welcome to "gmt," with a world of news and opinion. a controversial new constitution is threatening their democracy. using virtual reality to combat stark reality. the philippines induces compulsory training to combat somali pirates. it is midday in london, 1:00 p.m. in hungary, and 6:00 p.m. -- 6:00 a.m. in the state of iowa. republican voters get their chance to choose the candidate to face barack obama in the presidential elections. throughout tuesday, registered republicans gather in so-called caucuses, local gatherings in which they express their preferences. >> on the ice of iowa, a slow and arduous struggle to move in the right direction. for many, a thumbs up for obama's america. >> i feel like he made a lot of fat -- a lot of promises prior to the election that have not come to fruition. he has not walked the walk. >> we need s
three republicans lead the race to take on barack obama in november. but have they got what it takes? >> we need someone who would give the economy moving again and get confidence built a backup in the people. >> hello, welcome to "gmt," with a world of news and opinion. a controversial new constitution is threatening their democracy. using virtual reality to combat stark reality. the philippines induces compulsory training to combat somali pirates. it is midday in london,...
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people are getting turned off by the obama cool. all of the things that made him a rock star that got him elected, a bite of a little bit. in my mind, i am starting to see a president that is going the way of jimmy carter's presidency. the man is very smart, perhaps too smart to be a politician. >> i am sure the white house does not want be linked to jimmy carter in any palpable way. how do you see the president? i see this extraordinary dichotomy where half of the country's shouting for less government and half of the country want the president down there in the gulf running the machines himself. >> which is where he is going for the third time. it is too early to call him another jimmy carter. there are warning signs. i think the biggest problem he has had as he does not seem to be in control of the situation. there have been a number of mistakes, some of which he has admitted to. to make it appear that bp was running the show, and then the constant under-estimation of the damage that is going on, and now we are seeing on the tv t
people are getting turned off by the obama cool. all of the things that made him a rock star that got him elected, a bite of a little bit. in my mind, i am starting to see a president that is going the way of jimmy carter's presidency. the man is very smart, perhaps too smart to be a politician. >> i am sure the white house does not want be linked to jimmy carter in any palpable way. how do you see the president? i see this extraordinary dichotomy where half of the country's shouting for...
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in practice, the obama administration in washington has put to much time and effort into it to allow it to happen. but it is another reminder the reason the process has failed so many times before. and that is before they got down to sorting out the agenda and the order of the talks and well before that actually started debating the many issues at the heart of this dispute. >> john, is that any reason to think this time will be any different? >> i guess on the face of it, frankly, no. what else is different? we have a very determined to administration in washington that put a lot of stock in it. we do not seem to have a plan b, as far as i can see, so president obama and hillary clinton have a lot riding on it. looking at a slightly perversely -- that always said the definition of an optimist in the middle east is a fool -- but the fact that the two leaders are rather weak. they are not leaders with huge domestic constituencies. they have rather weak positions in their effectively but coalition governments. in some ways that could draw force them into agreement. nothing else to go fo
in practice, the obama administration in washington has put to much time and effort into it to allow it to happen. but it is another reminder the reason the process has failed so many times before. and that is before they got down to sorting out the agenda and the order of the talks and well before that actually started debating the many issues at the heart of this dispute. >> john, is that any reason to think this time will be any different? >> i guess on the face of it, frankly,...
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. >> president obama feels differently. there is a republican point of view, but i would say a democrat point of view. he is trying the philosophy that says if you show people what freedom is, perhaps they will respond, and then what we have said as republicans is it anything you do to help the cuban regime will eventually go into the castro brothers pocket pockets. brother's' they do not buy more food, they buy more planes and fuel. what ever president obama does, that leads to freedom in cuba. i was reading this morning how little they know about what is going on in egypt. >> that was in my mind as you were talking. but take a little break. -- let's take a little break. carlos gutierrez is our guest. former secretary of commerce. former president and ceo of the kellogg company, the cereal company. founder of global political strategies, which is a division of apco, a boy global communications firm, and he just tells me as we're sitting down, vice chair of the clients group, all of the international clients for some grocit
. >> president obama feels differently. there is a republican point of view, but i would say a democrat point of view. he is trying the philosophy that says if you show people what freedom is, perhaps they will respond, and then what we have said as republicans is it anything you do to help the cuban regime will eventually go into the castro brothers pocket pockets. brother's' they do not buy more food, they buy more planes and fuel. what ever president obama does, that leads to freedom...
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. >> you know a way that you can argue just because -- i celebrate president barack obama's election to president but that doesn't mean we fought all the problems, that inclusion and diversity we have lot of work to do. i think that we have to set about doing that work, we need to improve k-12 education and close those education gaps that we see, absolutely we do. but you don't do that with policies that strip away pell grants, that defund public education. you don't do that with policies that make it really difficult for students to get student loan or to close down opportunities for very qualified african american students to get in to college and universities and to more than survive it but to be great success. >> closing the gap, school choice being one of those that would help african americans and latinos, if parents would have their choice to be able to choose for their children what schools to go to instead of being stuck in the failed schools. >> and the -- >> wait, shy not have been given public money to send my son to private school. we need to support our public schools a
. >> you know a way that you can argue just because -- i celebrate president barack obama's election to president but that doesn't mean we fought all the problems, that inclusion and diversity we have lot of work to do. i think that we have to set about doing that work, we need to improve k-12 education and close those education gaps that we see, absolutely we do. but you don't do that with policies that strip away pell grants, that defund public education. you don't do that with policies...
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it is the obama slogan. yes, we can. >> 50 years after john glenn was wished godspeed, we look back on the first american mission to orbit the earth. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. meetings stretching into the night. greece's future on the line, and the massive bailout fund in the balance. you may get a sinking sense of deja vu. that is what is happening again in brussels this evening. for two years, grace has been at the center of the -- center of the eurozone crisis. it is the focus of attention again. >> the mood has changed in brussels. europe's finance ministers all made it clear that they do expect this deal to go through. the chairman of the meeting said it has to be concluded now. greece is saying they have done enough. the eu's chief economic official said he did expect the deal to go through, but that would not be the end of the eurozone's problems. >> now that i have this decision, i just tonight, we can turn the page and turn the corner. learn from it. stabilizatio
it is the obama slogan. yes, we can. >> 50 years after john glenn was wished godspeed, we look back on the first american mission to orbit the earth. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. meetings stretching into the night. greece's future on the line, and the massive bailout fund in the balance. you may get a sinking sense of deja vu. that is what is happening again in brussels this evening. for two years, grace has been at the center of the -- center of the...
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. >>> the obama administration wages war on al qaeda far beyond pakistan and afghanistan. is the anti-terror campaign succeeding? from afghanistan, a close-up look at how u.s. marines are taking on the taliban there. it is a battle being fought village by village. >>>we'll return to mexico. that country's drug war may have fallen out of the headlines. but the army's mission endures. >>> and from japan. a unique plan to save one of the world's most precious natural resources. the coral reef. >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here's what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." major support has been provided by rosalind p. walter and the peter peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters -- >>> good evening. daljit dhaliwal is off this evening. we begin tonight with the continuing struggle against islamic militants around the world. the fallout from a recent military operation. the target? an a
. >>> the obama administration wages war on al qaeda far beyond pakistan and afghanistan. is the anti-terror campaign succeeding? from afghanistan, a close-up look at how u.s. marines are taking on the taliban there. it is a battle being fought village by village. >>>we'll return to mexico. that country's drug war may have fallen out of the headlines. but the army's mission endures. >>> and from japan. a unique plan to save one of the world's most precious natural...
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what ever happened to obama's pledge to shut the place down? china and is long, how the uigur violence could put chinese working in muslim countries and danger of terrorism. paradise lost? how idyllic islands can be soon exploited for oil and gas. it is 7:00 a.m. in washington, midday in london and 2:00 p.m. in jerusalem. where a group of israeli soldiers who took part in the assault on gaza earlier this year released a report that the army was guilty of abuses. it comes from a group, breaking the silence. some of the accusations, such as using palestinian civilians as human shields, may even amount to war crimes. but the incidents are not sourced or dated, making cooperation difficult. we will be talking to them. but first, this report. >> the israeli army had a ready answer to claims of war crimes in gaza. this was palestinian propaganda. now these accusations are being made by israeli soldiers. it was policy to do this to gaza, says breaking the silence. their testimony describes rules of engagement that didn't distinguish between combatants
what ever happened to obama's pledge to shut the place down? china and is long, how the uigur violence could put chinese working in muslim countries and danger of terrorism. paradise lost? how idyllic islands can be soon exploited for oil and gas. it is 7:00 a.m. in washington, midday in london and 2:00 p.m. in jerusalem. where a group of israeli soldiers who took part in the assault on gaza earlier this year released a report that the army was guilty of abuses. it comes from a group, breaking...
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. >> it is not obama. tavis: he is the president. >> by the way, i would point out to you, what obama said about the research we do, it leads to it is not about barack obama, it is about washington. barack obama has come to represent washington. jimmy carter has been wrong about a lot of things. he has been a good ex-president, but he does not understand the american people. we're not angry at barack obama. we are angry at congress. we are angry at the institution of the white house. we are angry at washington, d.c. tavis: i am not on the obama payroll, but you cannot sit here and tell me that we are not yet -- back to this "we," all of us are not angry with barack obama. you cannot tell me there is a significant slice of the american public, given the rhetoric and language, he contradicted yourself. given the instability of their language, he is being called names. he is being threatened. the secret service budget is up for to% to protect this guy. they are mad at him. -- the secret service budget is up40
. >> it is not obama. tavis: he is the president. >> by the way, i would point out to you, what obama said about the research we do, it leads to it is not about barack obama, it is about washington. barack obama has come to represent washington. jimmy carter has been wrong about a lot of things. he has been a good ex-president, but he does not understand the american people. we're not angry at barack obama. we are angry at congress. we are angry at the institution of the white...
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all this isrony of that we go back to the question about the era of obama. and what you have brilliantly done there. you now have an african-american president. we are past that now. >> we don't want it to happen again. th presence of mental health, and the case of doing something about it. the conversation doesn't have to go that way. done your part and everybody is talking about this project. you will do yourself a great disservice if you don't see "12 years a slave." i guarantee you there will be some chitchat about this. the director is steve mcqueen. >> thank you very much. tavis: that is our show for tonight. thank's for watching and as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with musician robbie robertson about his latest venture, a book about music changing the world. that is next time, we will see you then. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. kevin: today on "ask this old
all this isrony of that we go back to the question about the era of obama. and what you have brilliantly done there. you now have an african-american president. we are past that now. >> we don't want it to happen again. th presence of mental health, and the case of doing something about it. the conversation doesn't have to go that way. done your part and everybody is talking about this project. you will do yourself a great disservice if you don't see "12 years a slave." i...
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they say the bill, known as obama care, is collapsing under its own weight. they've called on health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius to resign. the health care law was a key issue in the congression budget that led to a partial government shutdown earlier this month. >>> the shutdown, meanwhile, has led to the delay of key economic data releases. the commerce department bureau said the preliminary gross domestic product for the july to september period will be released on november the 7th. it was supposed to be issued at the end of this month. retail sales for september, a key indicator for personal spending, will be announced next tuesday. it's more than two weeks behind schedule. housing starts data for september will be out on november 26th, together with the figure for october. >>> few people had heard of ipf cell technology a year ago when a japanese scientist won a nobel prize for his research in the field. now the work pioneered by the professor is helping a key industry regenerative medicine. the japanese government is getting involved
they say the bill, known as obama care, is collapsing under its own weight. they've called on health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius to resign. the health care law was a key issue in the congression budget that led to a partial government shutdown earlier this month. >>> the shutdown, meanwhile, has led to the delay of key economic data releases. the commerce department bureau said the preliminary gross domestic product for the july to september period will be released...
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to do that, president obama and its cooperation of opposition republicans. in return, republicans won very deep spending cuts and a pledge not to raise taxes. as michele reports, there may very well be some compromise but as a mention that the topic is likely to be a very bitter battle. >> in less than reassuring display in manhattan. the united states national debt, and each family share of it. in midday america will reach the limits of what it can borrow. eye-popping 14. -- $14.30 trillion. most agree not allow the government to continue to borrow would be a disaster. >> house prices would fall, stock prices would fall. we would all be a lot less wealthy. >> but shh republicans say unless they get massive spending cuts in next year's budget, they will not cooperate. >> there will not be an increase in the debt limit without something really, really big attached to it. >> will america payback the many foreign countries that hold its debt? u.s. economist david green law does not think it is in doubt but may come back to of the wire. >> treasury secretary to
to do that, president obama and its cooperation of opposition republicans. in return, republicans won very deep spending cuts and a pledge not to raise taxes. as michele reports, there may very well be some compromise but as a mention that the topic is likely to be a very bitter battle. >> in less than reassuring display in manhattan. the united states national debt, and each family share of it. in midday america will reach the limits of what it can borrow. eye-popping 14. -- $14.30...
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tavis: how does president obama, of course we know he is in the gulf region today. we expect his primetime speech tomorrow night for the nation, about what he intends to do in the coming days and weeks and month, but how does the president, to your earlier point, navigate the politics of this, if you're suggesting to me that we have to drill for oil because of the need that we have, and the president is getting more and more pressure every day to shut down deep water offshore oil drilling, how does he navigate the politics of this? >> he has to use the words both/and. this needs a both/and solution. we need to both produce more domestic energy and we need to do so with safety and reliability in that safety. we've had reliability in the safety. let's find out what exactly happened in this case. this could have been an accident no different than an airplane that flies into the ground, when a pilot misjudges his altitude and doesn't rely on the close-to-terrain indicator. and we don't shut down entire airlines and stop people from flying because of an airline accident,
tavis: how does president obama, of course we know he is in the gulf region today. we expect his primetime speech tomorrow night for the nation, about what he intends to do in the coming days and weeks and month, but how does the president, to your earlier point, navigate the politics of this, if you're suggesting to me that we have to drill for oil because of the need that we have, and the president is getting more and more pressure every day to shut down deep water offshore oil drilling, how...
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and this is where the obama approach, moving towards value is very good. first of all the information technology is great stuff. i think moving towards value instead of volume reimbursement, the more procedures you do, the more medicines you prescribe, the more heart transplants you do, for t more clinic visits you do, the more imaging you do, that's the way our system is, fee for service. and when things get tight and you don't pay doctors very much, i'm not saying they do it, i know the president got in trouble for implying that, but at the end of the day instead of seeing a patient every two years you can see them twice over that period of time. so we have a... we're a volume driven system today because of fee for service instead of an out come results oriented condition driven system for reimbursement. so we need to reimburse people for value instead of just volume. >> rose: one question about the politics of it. if i understand where you are, you would like to see the democratic party push through and use whatever reconciliation or whatever they need
and this is where the obama approach, moving towards value is very good. first of all the information technology is great stuff. i think moving towards value instead of volume reimbursement, the more procedures you do, the more medicines you prescribe, the more heart transplants you do, for t more clinic visits you do, the more imaging you do, that's the way our system is, fee for service. and when things get tight and you don't pay doctors very much, i'm not saying they do it, i know the...
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. >> president obama is pleased at sweeping reform. the senators have stopped blocking production. >> australia is planning to force tobacco companies using plain cigarette packages. coming forth in two year's time. the companies say they'll fight the move. >> south korea is holding a funeral. the ceremonies a combinition of five days. many believe the north sank the ship. they are denied any responsibility. describing the sense of grief felt right across the country. >> the thinking was of course a military disaster. today, it's been made very clear how intense a motion of grief is. >> the south korean president was in attend answer. he placed those metals down for each of the 46 sailors. a very moving sermonny today. >> hp is to buy the cellular phone maker palm. the italian football champions have entered the league. despite losing one, they booked a place against next month's final back to you. >> thank you. gordon's gaff, day of disaster. when he labeled a pensioner a bigoted woman. in his own words, he called it a disaster. labor
. >> president obama is pleased at sweeping reform. the senators have stopped blocking production. >> australia is planning to force tobacco companies using plain cigarette packages. coming forth in two year's time. the companies say they'll fight the move. >> south korea is holding a funeral. the ceremonies a combinition of five days. many believe the north sank the ship. they are denied any responsibility. describing the sense of grief felt right across the country. >>...
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is supplied by venezuela, yet its president, hugo chavez, has been a thorn in the side of both the obama and bush administrations. he increased government control of industries from oil to travel, seizing millions of dollars of assets from american companies like hilton and exxon. his self-proclaimed socialist revolution alienates the capitalist world and embraces rogue states like iran and north korea. he has championed domestic programs for the poor, but his policies have resulted in a 30% annual inflation rate. polls show that almost half of the venezuelan people oppose him, and in the september 2010 elections, opposition candidates captured more than a third of the national assembly. carlos, what does this election mean? a third of the national assembly captured by the opposition. >> the opposition is getting better and better. they have been improving from an opposition that took for granted that chavez was somebody who they can control, when he won almost 11 years ago, to try nationalist strike, try a coup d'etat, try feelers, even try not to participate in the last ele--in the pas
is supplied by venezuela, yet its president, hugo chavez, has been a thorn in the side of both the obama and bush administrations. he increased government control of industries from oil to travel, seizing millions of dollars of assets from american companies like hilton and exxon. his self-proclaimed socialist revolution alienates the capitalist world and embraces rogue states like iran and north korea. he has championed domestic programs for the poor, but his policies have resulted in a 30%...